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Wail of War TDM 0098 · uncommon

Wail of War · {2}{B} · Instant · Choose one — • Creatures target opponent controls get -1/-1 until end of turn. • Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand. · Mardu war shrieks ensure their enemies are defeated before the battle even starts.

Wail of War · {2}{B} · Instant · Choose one — • Creatures target opponent controls get -1/-1 until end of turn. • Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand. · Mardu war shrieks ensure their enemies are defeated before the battle even starts.

Price
from $0.191 printing
Win rate
54.6% GIH 10,791 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 8–May 14, 2025 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 5,894 wins in 10,791 card-in-hand instances.

10,562 distinct games · 4,226 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 8–May 14, 2025.

17Lands file dated May 19, 2025 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

54.6%when drawn (GIH)

−0.4 pp vs 55.0% average · 10,791 instances

Premier Draft · Apr 8–May 14, 2025 · average from 552,428 games

#160 of 252 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 5.7 on average (78,343 packs).

14 of 33 black cards · 6 of 13 black uncommon cards.

Taken at pick8.510,001 picks
Makes the deck45.9%10,001 picks with known usage
When played53.3%24,312.6 matchesBenched 54.6%
26,766.4 matches
When drawn54.6%10,791 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Apr 8–May 14, 2025. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 51.0% · 4,266 instances
● Drawn later 57.0% · 6,525 instances

In hand 54.6% · 10,791 instances
Unseen in deck 52.6% · 14,753 instances
+2.0 percentage points when drawn

Compared with black cards

Win rate when drawn54.6%10,791 instances14 of 33
Opening hand51.0%4,266 instances22 of 33
Drawn later57.0%6,525 instances7 of 33
In the deck53.5%25,726 instances15 of 33
Without seeing it52.6%14,753 instances29 of 33
Improvement when drawn+2.0 pp10,791 instances / 14,753 instances8 of 33
When benched54.6%26,766.4 matches8 of 34
Makes the deck45.9%10,001 picks with known usage21 of 34
Pick (last seen)5.778,343 packs19 of 34
Taken at8.510,001 picks19 of 34

Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.

Best decks for it

no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum

Counters BG55.5% ◌191 instancesSacrifice WB44.6% ◌184 instancesBlack–Red BR56.3%16 instances · under 100Blue–Black UB54.2%24 instances · under 100

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (54.6% · 10,791 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Usually played with

Deck co-occurrence; not evidence of synergy.

Caustic Exhale10,926 games with both in the deckDragon's Prey9,402 games with both in the deckAinok Wayfarer7,920 games with both in the deck
How to read this

Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.

At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.

Where it sits in the set

Above 37% of 252 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Apr 8–May 14, 2025

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1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

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Prices

TDM 0098 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · MTGO Redemption$0.19
FoilPlay Booster$0.19

How to get it

A fixed card in MTGO Redemption. It is not a booster pull, so no chance is claimed.

Wizards · Collecting Tarkir: Dragonstorm ↗ · Oct 29, 2026

Details & sources

Legal in
Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Izzy, TDM 98 · Scryfall ↗
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Sources
Wizards · Collecting Tarkir: Dragonstorm · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
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